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Sept. 19`, .1939. l.1. u BucKlNG-HAM CONTAINER Filed June 10,I 1937- .VE DF' (fof/,v .Back/Amway.

Patented Sept. 19, 1939 UNITED STATES CONTAINER John D. Buckingham, Evanston, Ill., assigner to i Lucien Lelong, Inc., Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application June 10, 1937, Serial No. 147,509

6 Claims.

This invention relates to a container or package and. more specically relates to a multi-part package including a base portion and a cover portion adapted to receive and secure therebetween a cardboard container or rell.

It is an object of this invention to provide a multi-part package with the exterior parts composed of wearable material, such as plastics, and the interior parts composed of cheaper materials that can be replaced when its contents are used.

A further object of this invention is to provide a base and a cover for receiving therein a cheaper rell package.

A further object of this invention is to provide l@ improvements in rell package constructions wherein the refill package is firmly held in locked and sealed position within the exterior package. A further object of this invention is to provide plastic boxes adapted to receive cardboard packages therein.

A further object of this invention is to provide improvements in rell package constructions.

Other and further objects of this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art 2.5- form the following detailed description of the annexed sheet of drawings which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention.

On the drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the cover or lid of a package according to this invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the package or refill for the container of this'invention.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the base of the container.

Figure 4 is a vertical cross sectional View taken through the center of a container according to this invention showing the constituent parts thereof in assembled relation.

Figure 5 is a plan View of the container base 4I)v shown in Figure 3 and illustrating in cross section a fragment of the refill shown in Figure 2.

Figure 6 is an isometric View of a tray member adapted to be disposed on top of the material in the rell package.

Figure 'l is a fragmentary enlarged vertical cross sectional view illustrating the manner in which the refill package is sealed and held in position in the lid or cover member of the container. As shown on the drawing:

In Figures 1 and 4, the reference numeral II) designates generally the cover or lid of a container according to this invention. The cover I0 comprises a cylindrical side wall portion and a convex top wall portion I2.

(Cl. 20S-1) The bottom of the cylindrical side wall is interiorly threaded as at I3.

An annular ange I4 projects from the top wall I2 in spaced relation from the side wall to define an annular groove I5 around the top Q, of the cover on the inside thereof.

As best shown in Figures 3, 4, and 5, the reference numeral I6 designates generally the base portion of the container. The base I6 comprises a convex disc I1 having an annular ange |8 10u projecting upwardly therefrom in spaced relation from the outer periphery thereof.

The outer face of the flange I8 has threads I9 thereon adapted to be threaded into the threads I3 cut in the cover member I0.

The inner face of the ange I8, as best shown in Figure 5, has vertical ribs or beads 28 in spaced relation therearound for a purpose to be more fully hereinafter described.

The cover Ill-and the base I6 are formed of. 2 0` a rigid, wearable material such as, for example, a molded plastic. j

As best shown in Figures 2, 4, and 7, the reference numeral A2| designates generally a refill package for mounting in the base I6 and cover I0. 25

The rell package 2| is preferably made of cardboard or other cheap material and comprises a cylindrical side wall portion 22 and a base 23.

'I'he side wall 22 and base 23 can be formed from a single disc of cardboard by a stamping 30 operation.

A cardboard or paper sleeve 24 is disposed' around and secured tothe cylindrical wall 22 of the package 2| in spaced relation above the base 23 thereof. The sleeve 24 projects above 35 the top of the cylindrical Wall 22.

The ingredients packaged in the refill. package 2| can be sealed therein b-y a Cellophane or other tearable material disc 25 glued on top of the cylindrical wall 22. The sleeve 24 is then crimped 40 over the sealing disc 25 as at 26 and is preferably turned in as at 21 against itself to form a reinforced top edge 28 for the rell package 2|.

As best lshown in Figures 4 and'5, the refill package 2| is seated on the base I6 with the flat 45 base-23 thereof disposed on the convex disc of. the base and with the bottom portion of the cylindrical wall 22 thereof disposed in abutting relation against the inside face of the flange I8 of the base. As best shown in Figure 5, the ribs 50 20 on the flange I8 press into the side wall 22 to hold the rell package against rotation relative to the base. l

The cover Il) is then disposed over the rei-lll package 2| and screwed onto the base. As best 55 shown in Figures 4 and 7, the reinforced top edge 28 of the rell package 2| is thus seated in the groove l5 formed in the cover l0. A screwing down of the cover on the base moves the con- 5 Vex surface of the base I6 against the flat base 23 of the refill to force the rell into a tighter engagement with the flange |8 of the base.

The groove I5 in the cover and the reinforced top edge 28 of the rell effect a seal preventing loss of material out of the container, even after the seal 25 is broken.

When the rell package 2| is utilized to package materials such as face powder, a flexible cover disc 30 (best shown in Figures y4 and 6) can be disposed in the refill on top of. the face powder. This cover disc 30 is preferably made of Celluloid or the like flexible: material and has a tab: portion 3| bent upwardly and inwardly from the outer periphery thereof to form a handle for removing the disc from the package.

As best shown in Figure 4, this handle 3| is exible and is integral with the disc 39, so that as the cover H3 is threaded onto the base I6 the handle 3| is compressed downwardly on top of the package 2|. A powder puff (not shown) or other material such as advertising matter can be disposed under the inner edge of the handle 3| on top of the disc 3|). r The disc 3G can thus be ,readily removed from 3 the package 2| by grasping lthe handle 3| thereof, and since it is flexible, itA can be used as a scoop to remove powder fromlthe package 2|V for the filling of compacts aridthe'like.

From the above descriptions, it should be un-v gderstood that this invention provides an outer container for receiving "arerlll package therein,l

with the outer package being so formed as to seal the contents of the refill package after each openming of the container. ,The closingK of the con- 4tainer automatically holds therflll in xed position therein and seals the contents of the refill.

I claimas follows: Y .1. VA container"comprising,I in assembled relagtion, a base having an upstanding K exteriorly h threaded flange, a box removably seated on said baserin abutting rrelation to said flange, and a cover disposed overrtheboxvhaving a side wall threaded on the Vflange, said cover having a groove in the top thereof for receiving fthe top 5"(5" edge ci the box to seal the contents' of the pack- `age. ,a ,Y i

2. A container comprising, in Yassembled relation, a rigid disc having an npstanding annular lilange spaced from the outer periphery thereof, an open top cylindrical Vcardboard box removably seated on said disc in abutting relation to said ange, and a rigid cover disposed over said box having an annular groove'therein receiving the top edge of the box, said coverhaving a side 66 wall threaded on said flange of the base, whereby a screwing down of the cover on the vbase compresses the box therebetween and seals the open top of the box. Y Y

, 3. A container comprising a base having an upstanding annular flange spaced from the outer periphery thereof, a Lbox lseatedon said base having a cylindrical side wall abutting the inner face of said flange on Athe base, a sleeve secured to the side wall of the box above the annular flange of the base, said sleeve extending above the top of the box and being bent around itself to define a double walled top edge for the box, a cover disposed over said box having an annular groove therein receiving said double walled edge of the box, and a side wall on said cover threaded on the outer face of said flange whereby a screwing down of the cover on the base compresses the box therebetween and seals the open top thereof in the groove of the cover.

4. A container comprising a, molded plastic convex disc having an upstanding annular flange spaced from the periphery thereof, beads formed on the inner facevof the flange, a screw thread on thc outer face of the flange, a cardboard box seated on said disc having a side wall thereof on said flange of the-base whereby a screwing down of the cover on the base seals the box therebetween and the convexity of the base causes a compression of the bottom of the box for preventing rocking of the box relative to the base.

5. A powder box comprising, in assembled relation, a molded plastic disc having an upstanding annular ange, screw threads on the exterior face of said annular fiange, beads on the inner face of said flange,`a cylindricalcardboard box seated on said base in abutting relation tothe inner face of the flange, said box held against rotation relative to said base bysaid beadson the lflange, a sleeve disposed` around the side wall of the box above the ange on the base, said sleeve extending above the open top of the box, a sealing disc glued to the open top of thebox, said portion of the sleeve extending above the top of the box being crimped inwardly on said'sealing disc to secure the disc on the box and to `provide a double walled top edge for the box, a flexible tray member having a tab portion disposed thereabove, a cover disposed over said box having an annular groove'therein for receiving the double walled edge of the sleeve arid'aside wall on saidcover threaded on said flange of the base whereby a screwing down of the cover on the base will compress the tab member of thetray to'hold the tray in fixed relation in the box and the `annular groove in the cover seals the open top of the box against loss of powder. Y I l 6. A container cover comprisingv a rigid member having a top wall, a cylindrical side wall extending frorn the top wall, and an annular'flange extending from the inner face of the top wall in spaced relation from the side wall to define with the side wall an annular groove adapted to receive the top edge of a cylindrical box. K

JOHN D; BUCKINGHAM." 

